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<span class="heading1">Installing Oracle 8.0.5</span><br>

<p>First, log in as the oracle user.</p>

<p>If you have a CD, mount it and cd to the orainst directory under the mount 
point.  If you have a tar.gz distribution, extract it using <i>tar xfz</i> and 
cd to the orainst directory created by the extraction.</p>

Type <b>./orainst</b>, you should be presented with a text-based installer.<br>
<br>

On the <b>Install Type</b> dialog select <b>Default Install</b> then
select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>preamble</b> and <b>readme.txt</b> dialogs select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Installation Activity Choice</b> dialog select 
	<b>Install, Upgrade or De-Install Software</b> then select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Installation Options</b> dialog select 
	<b>Install New Product - Create DB Objects</b> then select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>ORATAB</b> dialog, follow the instructions:<br>
	<blockquote>
	Select <b>Shell</b><br>
	su to root<br>
	Type <b>export ORACLE_OWNER=oracle</b><br>
	Type <b>sh oratab.sh</b><br>
	When prompted <b>Is it OK to continue</b> answer <b>Y</b><br>
	When prompted <b>Are these settings correct</b> answer <b>Y</b><br>
	Type <b>exit</b><br>
	Type <b>exit</b> again<br>
	Select <b>Retry</b><br>
	</blockquote>
On the <b>Environment Variables</b> dialog, select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>defaults</b> dialog, select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Software Asset Manger</b> dialog, 
	select all of the products in the left
	hand window then select <b>Install</b><br>
On the <b>Default Database Startup Using Prebuilt Datafiles</b> dialog, 
	select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Information</b> dialog warning about ULIMIT not being set, 
	select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Database Mount Points</b> dialog, enter <b>/u01</b> for all 3 points 
	then select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>ORACLE_DOC</b> dialog, select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Documentation Format</b> dialog, select <b>Both</b> 
	then select <b>OK</b><br><br>

A progress dialog will appear...<br><br>

The installation should fail trying to install the documentation,
follow these instructions.<br>
	<blockquote>
	Select <b>Shell</b><br>
	Type <b>mkdir /u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/doc/server.805</b><br>
	Type <b>mkdir /u01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/doc/server.805/install</b><br>
	Type <b>exit</b><br>
	Select <b>Retry</b><br>
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On the <b>Installer Actions Completed</b> dialog, select <b>OK</b><br>
On the <b>Software Asset Manger</b> dialog, select <b>Exit</b><br>
On the <b>Confirmation dialog</b>, select <b>Yes</b><br><br>

Now that the installation process has completed, you still need to run a
script, follow these instructions.<br>

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cd <b>$ORACLE_HOME/orainst</b><br>
su to root<br>
Type <b>sh root.sh</b><br>
When prompted <b>Are these setting correct</b> answer <b>Y</b><br>
When prompted for the <b>local bin directory</b> 
	enter <b>/usr/local/bin</b><br>
When prompted <b>Okay to continue</b> answer <b>Y</b><br>
Type <b>exit</b><br>
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